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23 July

PsiQuantum personnel with a cryogenic cabinet installed at PsiFactory in Milpitas, California.

PsiQuantum Secures $125M DARPA Deal to Advance Quantum Computing Testing

PsiQuantum signed a new agreement worth up to $125 million with the DARPA to continue testing its utility-scale quantum computing technology.

23 July

Air

Giulia Bernacchi

Safran to Supply Inertial Navigation Systems for Eve Air Mobility’s eVTOL Aircraft

Eve Air Mobility has selected Safran Electronics & Defense to supply the inertial navigation system for its next-generation platform.

23 July

Asia Pacific

Giulia Bernacchi

Indonesia Looks to Transform Kertajati Airport Into Defense Hub

Indonesia's West Java provincial government has proposed transforming Kertajati International Airport into a national defense industry hub.

23 July

Americas

Inder Singh Bisht

US Navy Awards Raytheon $1.8B SPY-6 Radar Contract Extension

The US Navy has awarded Raytheon a $1.8-billion contract extension for SPY-6 radar hardware production and sustainment.

23 July

Europe

Teledyne FLIR Defense is set to start assembling its Star SAFIRE® line of thermal imaging camera systems.

Jodesz Gavilan

Teledyne FLIR Begins UK Production of Star SAFIRE Sensors

Teledyne FLIR Defense will begin assembling its Star SAFIRE thermal imaging surveillance systems in the UK.

23 July

Middle East

Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree says that the Iran-backed group had targeted two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea with missiles and drones, claiming the vessels had violated a ban imposed by the group.

Staff Writer With AFP

Houthis Target Red Sea Shipping as US Hits Iran

A Saudi vessel was attacked in the Red Sea as Tehran-backed Houthi rebels claimed to strike tankers in the waterway.

23 July

Americas

U.S. Soldiers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Mobile Brigade, 25th Infantry Division board a UH-60 Black Hawk

Staff Writer With AFP

US House Passes Record $1.15 Trillion Defense Bill

The US House of Representatives narrowly passed an annual defense policy bill that would authorize a record $1.15 trillion in funding for the Pentagon.

23 July

Middle East

Images distrubted by national broadcaster Tele Liban show Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam planting a flag in the village of Zawtar al-Gharbiya, one of three "pilot zones" where the Lebanese army has deployed as part of a US-backed deal with Israel to disarm Hezbollah

Staff Writer With AFP

Lebanon PM Says Beirut Working for ‘Complete Israeli Withdrawal’

Lebanon is working towards a "complete Israeli withdrawal" from areas it occupies, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said on Wednesday.

23 July

Europe

US President Trump with Ukrainian leader Zelensky.

Staff Writer With AFP

Zelensky Speaks to Trump Envoys to ‘Reinvigorate Diplomacy’

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday he had spoken with US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in a bid to revive efforts to end the war with Russia.

23 July

Middle East